A blacklist of YouTube bloggers will be created in Russia
The Public Chamber (PC) of Russia is working to create a blacklist of Russian YouTube bloggers who refuse to work on Russian sites. This was announced on Friday, February 9, by the first deputy chairman of the OP commission for the development of the information community, media and mass communications, Alexander Malkevich.
According to him, the authorities intend to publish the list because it will include “people who deliberately do not work in Russian social networks, positioning themselves as Russian bloggers.” The first part of the list will be dedicated to bloggers who work for a children's audience, Malkevich said. “At the same time, many of the authors themselves are minors. Here we have to figure out whether they run these channels or whether their parents or guardians do it for them,” he said.
Bloggers will be forced to switch to Russian sites
Malkevich called the list part of a program to “stimulate the transition of bloggers to domestic social networks”, which is being launched by the OP. “In the future, it should become the basis for developing and taking measures against content makers who ignore our platforms. And here legislators should have their say, because if you don’t go to our platforms, it means you want to hide your income, or out of stupidity, either out of habit, or you are conducting enemy activities,” said a representative of the Public Chamber.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began , Russia began to more actively discuss the possible blocking of YouTube. Human rights activists and analysts from this area believe that the platform will remain available in Russia while alternative platforms are being prepared in the form of VK and Rutube, fully controlled by the Russian authorities.
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A blacklist of YouTube bloggers will be created in Russia: those who refused to switch to Russian online platforms will be added to it
The Public Chamber (PC) of the Russian Federation will create a blacklist of Russian YouTube bloggers, which will include those who refused to switch to Russian online platforms. This was reported by TASS with reference to Alexander Malkevich, a member of the OP Commission for the Development of the Information Community, Media and Mass Communications.
According to the representative of the OP, this list will become one of the stages of the program to stimulate the transition of bloggers to Russian social networks.
“In the future, it [the list] should become the basis for developing and taking measures against content makers who ignore our platforms. And here legislators should have their say, because if you don’t go to our platforms, it means you want to hide your income or out of stupidity, or out of habit, or you are conducting enemy activities,” TASS quotes Malkevich.
The first to be blacklisted, according to the representative of the OP, will be YouTube bloggers working for a children's audience. Because, according to Malkevich, children in Russia fall under the influence of bloggers who “propagate” an “anti-Russian agenda” and “destructive values” on YouTube.
At the beginning of September 2023, YouTube users in Russia reported problems with the service. According to the Russian magazine Forbes, the failures could have occurred due to the fact that Roskomnadzor was testing blocking of the service, although the agency denied this.
In August of the same year, the telegram channel “We Can Explain” wrote that Rostelecom had tested a service that could be used to censor YouTube in Russia.
The possible blocking of YouTube in Russia began to be discussed after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, when Roskomnadzor blocked Facebook and Instagram. For the first time, actions to block video hosting were reported in March 2022 by the specialized resource Roskomsvoboda.
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